The Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) is informing manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers of cosmetics and general public that section 88 (a) of Tanzania Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, 2003 prohibits the manufacture, sell, supply or distribution of cosmetics that contain prohibited ingredients which may harm or cause injury to the users under normal conditions of use.

In view of this, the following ingredients are prohibited to be included in any cosmetic preparation to be sold in the Tanzania:-

The general public is hereby warned that the use of any of the following listed cosmetic products may cause injury or harm the users because they have been identified to contain one or more of the above prohibited ingredients.

The Authority requires all the manufactures, importers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers of cosmetics to make sure that, they are only engaged with cosmetic products which do not contain any of the above listed ingredients and should not be engaged with any of the below listed cosmetic products. Furthermore importation into the country and manufacture of the below listed cosmetic products is prohibited.

The Authority informs all stakeholders and general public to surrender the below mentioned cosmetics to Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) or to Regional Medical Officers or to District Medical Officers for destruction.

Skin Lightening creams containing Hydroquinone

1.
Mekako Cream

2.
Rico Complexion Cream

3.
Princess Cream

4.
Butone Cream

5.
Extra Clear Cream

6.
Mic Cream

7.
Viva Super Lemon Cream

8.
Ultra Skin Tone Cream

9.
Fade - Out Cream

10.
Palmer`s Skin Success (pack)

11.
Fair & white Active Lightening Cream

12.
Fair & White Whitening Cream

13.
Fair & White Strong Bleaching Treatment Cream

14.
Fair & white Body Clearing milk

15.
Maxi – Tone fade Cream

16.
Nadinola Fade Cream

17.
Clear Essence Medicated fade Cream

18.
Peau Claire Body Lotion

19.
Reine Clair Rico Super Body Lotion

20.
Immediat Claire Maxi – Beuty lotion

21.
Tura Lotion

22.
Ikb Medicated Cream

23.
Crusader Skin Toning Cream

24.
Tura Bright & Even Cream

25.
Claire Cream

26.
Miki Beauty Cream

27.
Peau Claire Crème Eclaircissante

28.
Sivoclair lightening Body Lotion

29.
Extra Clair lightening Body Lotion

30.
Precieux Treatment Beauty Lotion

31.
Clear Essence Skin Beautifying Milk

32.
Tura Skin Toning Cream

33.
Madonna Medicated Beauty Cream

34.
Mrembo Medicated Beauty Cream

35.
Shirley Cream

36.
Kiss – Medicated Beauty Cream

37.
UNO21 Cream

38.
Princess Patra Luxury Complexion Cream

39.
Envi Skin Toner

40.
Zarina Medicated Skin Lightener

41.
Ambi Special Complexion

42.
Lolane Cream

43.
Glotone Complexion Cream

44.
Nindola Cream

45.
Tonight Night Beauty Cream

46.
Fulani Cream Eclaircissante

47.
Clere Lemon Cream

48.
Clere Extra Cream

49.
Binti Jambo Cream

50.
Malaika Medicated Beauty Cream

51.
Dear Heart with Hydroquinone Cream

52.
Nish Medicated Cream

53.
Island Beauty Skin Fade Cream

54.
Malibu Medicated Cream

55.
Care plus Fairness Cream

56.
Topiclear Cream

57.
Carekako Medicated Cream

58.
Body Clear Cream

59.
A3 Skin Lightening Cream

60.
Ambi American Formula

61.
Dream Successful

62.
Symba crème Skin Lite ‘N’ Smooth

63.
Cleartone Skin Toning Cream

64.
Ambi Extra Complexion Cream for men

65.
Cleartone Extra Skin Toning Cream

66.
O`Nyi Skin Crème

67.
A3 Tripple action Cream Pearl Light

68.
Elegance Skin Lightening Cream

69.
Mr. Clere Cream

70.
Clear Touch Cream

71.
Crusader Ultra Brand Cream

72.
Ultime Skin Lightening Cream

73.
Rico Skin Tone Cream

74.
Baraka Skin Lightening Cream

75.
Fairlady Skin Lightening Cream

76.
Immediat Claire Lightening Body Cream

77.
Skin Lightening Lotions Containing Hydroquinone

78.
Jaribu Skin Lightening Lotion

79.
Amira Skin Lightening lotion

80.
A3 Cleartouch Complexion Lotion

81.
A3 Lemon Skin Lightening Lotion

82.
Kiss Lotion

83.
Princess Lotion

84.
Clear Touch Lotion

85.
Super Max – Tone Lotion

86
No Mark Cream

Skin Lightening Gels Containing Hydroquinone

1.
Body Clear

2.
Topi Clear

3.
Ultra Clear

Skin Lightening Body Oils Containing Hydroquinone

1. Peau Claire Lightening Body Oil

Soaps Containing Hydroquinone

1.
Body Clear Medicated Antiseptic Soap

2.
Blackstar

3.
Cherie Claire Body Beauty Lightening & Treating Soap

4.
Immediate Clair Lightening Beauty Soap

5.
Lady Claire

6.
M.G.C Extra Clear

7.
Topi Clear Beauty Complexion Soap

8.
Ultra Clear

Soaps containing Mercury and its compounds

1.
Movate Soap

2.
Miki Soap

3.
Jaribu Soap

4.
Binti Jambo Soap

5.
Amira Soap

6.
Mekako Soap

7.
Rico Soap

8.
Tura Soap

9.
Acura Soap

10.
Fair Lady

11.
Elegance

Skin Lightening Creams containing Mercury and its Compounds

1.
Pimplex Medicated Cream

2.
New Shirley Medicated Cream

Cream preparations containing steroids

1.
Amira Cream

2.
Jaribu Cream

3.
Fair & Lovely Super Cream

4.
Neu Clear Cream Plus (spot Remover)

5.
Age renewal Cream

6.
Visible Difference Cream (Neu Clear – Spots Remover)

7.
Body Clear Cream

8.
Sivo Clair Fade Cream

9.
Skin Balance Lemon Cream

10.
Peau Claire Cream

11.
Skin Success Cream

12.
M & C DynamiClair Cream

13.
Skin Success Fade Cream

14.
Fairly White Cream

15.
Clear Essence Cream

16.
Miss Caroline Cream

17.
Lemonvate Cream

18.
Movate Cream

19.
Soft & Beautiful Cream

20.
Mediven Cream

21.
Body treat Cream (spot remover)

22.
Dark & Lovely Cream

23.
SivoClair Cream

24.
Musk – Clear Cream

25.
Fair & Beautiful Cream

26.
Beautiful Beginning Cream

27.
Diproson Cream

28.
Dermovate Cream

29.
Top Lemon Plus

30.
Lemon Cream

31.
Beta Lemon Cream

32.
Tenovate

33.
Unic Clear Super Cream

34.
Topiflam Cream

35.
First Class Lady Cream

Gel preparations containing steroids

1. Fashion Fair Gel Plus

2. Hot Movate Gel

3. Hyprogel

4. Mova Gel Plus

5. Secret Gel Cream

6. Peau Claire Gel Plus

7. Hot Proson Gel

8. Skin Success gel Plus

9. Skin Clear Gel Plus

10. Soft & Beautiful Gel

11. Skin Fade Gel Plus

12. Ultra – Gel Plus

13. Zarina Plus Top Gel

14. Action Dermovate Gel Plus

15. Prosone Gel

16. Skin Balance Gel Wrinkle Remover

17. TCB Gel plus

18. Demo – Gel Plus

19. Regge Lemon Gel

20. Ultimate Lady Gel

21. Topifram Gel Plus

22. Clair & Lovely Gel

TFDA is established under the Tanzania Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2003 to control the quality, safety and effectiveness of food, drugs, herbal drugs, cosmetics and medical devices. This is achieved by regulation of importation, manufacture, labelling, marking or identification, storage, promotion, sell and distribution of these products or any material or substance used in their manufacture.